<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Bloodedge]

Audacity? Yugi was quite the audacious individual, and he wouldn't try to conceal that fact. "What? I didn't say I hated it. Could be better, could definitely be worse. Vibes, man, vibes!" he chattered. Upon checking Maki's response on a little display, there was a succinct 'no' as an answer. She didn't fancy the idea of twerking on Kenta's corpse either, but that was to be expected. That one... was part of another setup. "No dice, huh? How about my lap as a substitute?" he asked with a bit of cheek. Whatever the case, Sato Kenta had fallen. The moment his ribcage shattered, his heart and lungs exploded within. By the time his body slammed into a tree and bounced to the ground, the Players could see/hear twice more: [LEVEL UP!]

Aki thought there was no way Kenta survived that beatdown. All things considered, he could say it felt pretty good to be part of it. His shoulders gained some slack as he reached for another cigarette to light ─ all while Hayashi proved to be the more vocal male in the moment. "Did we do it? I survived?" he asked. "Probably never ask that question, but yeah... he's dead. Let's fuckin' go!" Yugi announced. He'd first be meeting Miko's hand with a slap from his own. Something that would surprise another version of Yugi at the time was his follow-up attempt to offer Maki, then Aki, then Hayashi the same celebratory gesture ─ one the males would be accepting. "Good game, good game! Now let's..." Yugi had to pause there. Why? The System had something for its Players...

〔SYSTEM NOTICE — SKILL UNLOCKED〕

Bloodlust
Status Update Detected.

The vessel's hunger awakens.
Fear becomes your weapon.

Bloodlust (Active)

Description:
Bloodlust allows its users to magically intimidate a target into a state of submission by inducing intense fear into their minds. It also has the bonus effect of reducing all of the target's stats by 50%.
While the fear-based effect of this skill only lasts a minute before it wears off, it can be used on multiple targets at once.
Mana Cost: 100

Effect:

• Induces intense fear, forcing submission
• Reduces all target stats by 50% for 1 minute
• Multi-target capable

System Remark:
The shadows hunger.
Let them taste fear first.
Use it wisely, vessels.

The System's notifications were becoming more and more ominous, but Yugi was more excited by the Skill acquisition than anything. After the previous pop-up, he wasn't actually expecting a reward from that quest. [LEVEL UP!] even appeared a third time for the quest completion. Meanwhile, Gojo Satoru was descending upon the group. "Not too bad. Especially you, Zen'in~" he said with a cheeky grin, those glowing eyes on full display. Satoru extended a hand with the intention of recovering his blindfold from Yugi. While waiting for it, phone still in hand, he shared Makima's most recent order. "Debriefing time! Everyone ready?"

[Apollymi]

Yugi was audacious and if no one else here knew that, Miko did. No matter the man chose clairfying statements. He didn't discredit the actions taken, but he did think they could be better, while knowing they could be worse. It was about vibes apparently. "Right..." Miko said rolling her eyes. Of course, now that it was making his point, it was about vibes. Meanwhile, Maki was stating that she wouldn't be dancing on a corpse and had Yugi follow up with an offer of his lap instead. Her face flushed immediately and she in turn pushed her glasses up on her nose. "Can you not?!" she asked of him immediately. Miko found that funny, perhaps a bit later, she'd explain that the man simply couldn't help himself. But for now she was hearing that sweet voice telling her of levels she'd received. "Oh..." Miko said softly. She expected to feel something more about having a direct hand to play in the death of a person.

Still as the moment settled for everyone, it would seem that Aki just finally wanted to hit that cigarette. Miko watched as his shoulders slumped and he seemed to reach some amount of relaxation. Hayashi spoke of having survived and Miko smiled at him, nodding her head emphatically to what Yugi had to say about his choice in words. "He's right ya' know, that screams doom flag but we made it♪!~" Miko chirped happily. After that high five with Yugi, she watched him offer something similar to the others, she was inwardly shocked. She couldn't have imagined him doing that when she met him the previous day. No matter, Miko offered a high five as well, knowing her time wouldn't have been nearly as easy without this group. Maki took the high five as well, seemingly pleased by it. "GG and taking this..." Maki said going to pick up that axe she'd removed from the other man's hands. Trophy was hers she'd earned it.

Meanwhile, a System notification had Miko listening intently her brows furrowing slightly. "Ominous. Need that though, want to test it, but not on nice people..." Miko said casually given the company, and not knowing if she wanted to deal with the extra complexity of the explanation. Meanwhile, Maki was hearing her surname be called as if she wanted to answer to it and she turned away from Gojo after he spoke it. "I introduced myself as Maki," was all she said to him about it. She knew it wasn't worth it, he was too much a person who liked to annoy others. Apparently, Gojo was going to be taking them for debriefing. "Should I prepare sick bags?" Miko wondered looking at the group. "2 maybe three?" Miko decided in the moment but she held her hands up in front of her looking like a lost kitten ready to be carried off.

[Bloodedge]

"The amount of bitching that just happened in your head. I can hear it," Yugi said while shifting his gaze toward Miko again. He didn't bother her any further, but he apparently hadn't stopped bugging Maki just yet. Well, so long as she wouldn't stop being flustered, he wouldn't stop making her such. "A solid 'yes' or 'no' would solve so many of your problems. Cute reactions like that are just making it easier~" he flirted shamelessly, even while passing high fives around the group. "You could try ignoring it if it bugs you. Those types usually stop when they get bored," Aki advised. Before anything else could be said, an immediate scoff came from Yugi. "You wish you had enough of a brain to accurately categorize me," he snipped. Aki glared in the other male's direction, and Yugi briefly considered making use of his new Skill right then and there... but lo, it seemed Hayashi was good for cutting tension before it thickened. "So... guys? I probably have the least room to talk here, but does anyone want to go out and celebrate... maybe unwind a little?" he asked of the group.

Maki decided she was keeping Kenta's battle axe before Satoru descended. Yugi didn't think much of it, so he shrugged. "No skin off my dick. I'm more of a swords guy. If nobody else wants it, I'll keep the shield for later," he said. Yugi intended a response to Hayashi, as did Aki... but neither got the chance due to Satoru's sudden arrival. His most direct interaction after appearing was with Maki, who insisted upon the way she'd introduced herself. "Mhm! Zen'in Maki, second-brokest of the Zen'in family. Though I guess Maki avoids the confusion... but you two don't look that much alike, right?" he asked, leaning toward the girl, placing a hand under his own chin and tilting his head in observation. Eventually, Satoru had that blindfold in hand again. He could slip it into place while preparing to usher the group off to HQ. Regarding the need for sick bags, everyone had seen how Satoru arrived with the E-ranks. Hayashi slowly raised his hand to share his need of one. Aki, however, scoffed. "Can't say I'm excited to travel like that. Wanna grow me another arm instead?"

[Apollymi]

Meanwhile, a quiet mental tirade Miko had in her own head was apparently heard by Yugi. She looked up at him completely unfazed by his antics and his apparent intrusion and had but one thing to say, "Inside voices are inside for a reason... if you peek it is on you♪~" she asserted. If she'd wanted him to hear her tirade she would have said it, but she didn't meaning it was private, if he peeked and was upset by what he found that was all on him. At the same time, Yugi told Maki that her lack of firmness in answering him was the thing causing her problems. Of course, Aki also had advice and she would have found it reasonable for someone more normal than Yugi himself. And before Maki could even speak on anything there was a bit of hostility shown between Yugi and Aki, she looked at Miko who shrugged. "Guys are weird, they'll work it out..." Miko asserted calmly. Though admittedly she'd prefer if they got along. She would never get a happy two man threesome if Yugi couldn't get along with other guys. As for Hayashi and his words Miko chuckled looking at him fondly. "Iia, you were in it like the rest of us, and your opinion is definitely valid. It'd be nice to unwind after something like that but... I doubt we'll be allowed immediately," Miko mused. "Sure breakfast would be nice too... this counts as my morning workout," Maki claimed almost casually willing to skip past everything else.

As they progressed though, it would seem that Maki was keeping the axe she'd won off the A-Rank Tanker. It was apparently fine with the group at large, but Yugi was the one to speak most actively. Too bad she couldn't escape being annoyed today, no... because Gojo Satoru couldn't help himself. She looked at him just her left brow twitching slightly, "Do you just enjoy pissing people off who can't retaliate against you?" Maki asked with the most sarcasm she'd been seen with. She was also very specifically avoiding the topic, which Miko noticed but was willing to leave her alone about. She knew reasons for avoidance and from context clues she'd been picking up all day, there was technically every reason to believe her family was shitty to her at best. But while Miko asked about sick bags and movements, it appeared that Aki had a problem with the idea of being carried around. And just like that... common ground between men was found based solely on something Yugi had said to her earlier. "I have fresh mana, and if you really don't want to I can't exactly turn down the practice of re-growing limbs. Is everyone else really that opposed to it?" she wondered aloud. Mentally preparing herself to begin regrowing his arm, with... those two crystal swords appearing in her hands to help speed the process along.